The didactic revenge tragedy of Shakespeare’s Othello exposes the audience to reflect on the idea of nobility as something that can be diminished by other damaging character flaws. Othello is transformed from a valiant and honorable figure into a malicious creature by the manipulation of Iago. The metamorphis of Othello is destructive, destroying himself and his love Desdemona in a tragic downfall. Through the events of the plot, and the examination of the themes, it is evident that dominant social ideologies expressed through various characters, makes Othello’s inconsistent nobility fall from grace to the rippling destruction that occurs as a result of his psychological delay.
Othello’s nobility is established in the opening of the play,
Othello’s nobility is established in the opening of the play,